Servicing installation for winders



Jan. 2, 1951 w. B. MCGUIRE 2,536,510

SERVICING INSTALLATION FOR WINDERS Filed Oct. 22, 1947 2 Sheefcs-Sheet l INVENTOR MCGUlRE ATTORNEY W. B. M GUIRE SERVICING INSTALLATION FOR WINDERS J an. 2, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed 001;. 22, 1947 & 2/

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Patented Jan. 2, 1951 SERVICING INSTALLATEGN FOR ll/INDERS Winston B. McGuire, New York, N. 55., assignor to- P. 0. M. Company, New York, N. Y.

Application October 22, 194?, Serial No. 781,307

3 Claims. 1

My inventionreates to improvements in winders as used especially in the cotton industry to rewind the-yarn from conventional bobbins upon cones and more specifically to a yarn distributing and cone dispatching installation to be used in combination with any winder.

The servicing of winders which comprises the distribution of the bobbins along the winder and the dispatching of the finished cones for further use is very inconvenient and uneconomical up to the present time and the main object of my invention is to overcome the known disadvantages.

According to my invention I arrange above the winder proper, which may be of any known construction, and vertically centered therewith a longitudinal hopper serving as a container and distributor for the bobbins and along said hopper on the outside of the same a belt conveyor for the finished cones. This arrangement provides great volume of storage space for the bobbins prior to the winding operation, assures proper distribution and easy accessibility of the bobbins and contrives a convenient support for the belt conveyor which facilitates automatic transfer of full cones from any position alongside the winder to the end of the same where the cones are being discharged into a cone hopper or the like for further transportation to final use.

The novel features which are considered characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, and additional objects and advantages thereof will best be understood from the following description of an embodiment thereof when read in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shows a side view of a drum winder with the new distribution device for the bobbins and dispatching device for the full cones,

Fig. 2 an end elevation view in the direction of arrows 2 in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 a cross section along 3-3 in Fig. 1.

The drum winder ll may be of any known construction and as shown is a double winder serviceable from both long sides. Above said winder and suitably attached thereto for example by the stays !2 is a hopper it which extends in vertically centered alignment with the winder ll to its full length. The hopper 93 as shown is formed by the two parallel side walls It whose upper parts l5 are bent outwardly to form a wider fil ing opening through which the bobbins are introduced. The hopper it may be longitudinally subdivided by the division wall in into two compartments each of which holding bobbins to be used on one or the other side of the winder. The said division wall it extends downwards to a shelf or other bottom member ll which leaves below the hopper side walls 54 sufficiently large openings to remove bobbins therethrough. The longitudinal edges l8 of said bottom member ll are conveniently bent up to prevent bobbins from sliding.

The bobbins are transported to the hopper l3 by one or more distributing buckets i 9 suspended from a monorail trolley 20 moving along rails 2| which rails are mounted laterally above the hopper l3 parallel to its longitudinal axis. The distributing bucket i8 is tiltable to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, for example, by means of a tipping rod 22 attached thereto which rod may also be used as propelling rod for moving the suspended buckets 19 along the rails 2i.

By the described arrangement the bobbins are easily brought to the winder, introduced in the hopper l3 and distributed therein along the full length of the winder ll, kept therein stored for use and are easily removable therefrom by the person servicing the winder to be placed in proper place in the winder so that the yarn may be rewound therefrom upon the cones 23 in a manner known per se.

These cones 23 when finished are placed upon the endess belt conveyor 24 and are transported to the cone hopper or other suitable container 25, Fig. 1, resting upon the carriage 26 to be discharged therefrom upon a packing table 2? for shipment.

The belt conveyor 24 for the cones is driven by the shaft 28 by means of the driving belt 29. The same shaft 28 drives the endless chain conveyor 36 upon which the empty bobbins are placed to be carried to the belt conveyor 39 which removes them for repeated use.

While I have shown and described a specific embodimen of invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions. additions and omissions may be made therein without departing from the spirit scope of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

i. For with a multiple cone winding machine, a cone distribution hopper comprising. in combination, a horizontal shelf supported above and in. spaced relation to the upper surface of the machine and extending longitudinally in vertical alignment therewith; said shelf having upwardly and outwardly sloping lips extending along its longitudinal edges; and a pair of upwardly extending walls each extending longitudinally of said shelf, said walls having vertical lower portions in alignment with the longitudinal edges of the shelf, the lower edges of said walls being spaced from the upper surface of said shelf an amount sufficient to permit wound cones to be removed from said shelf over said lips; each wall having an outwardly sloping flange forming its upper edge portion, said flanges forming a flaring hopper opening for the deposit of wound cones into the opening between said walls and onto said shelf for selective removal through the spaces between the lower wall edges and the shelf surface.

2. A hopper as claimed in claim 1 including a vertical partition extending upwardly from said shelf and substantially centrally longitudinally thereof to provide a longitudinally divided hopper.

3. A hopper as claimed in claim 1 including a vertical partition extending upwardly from said shelf and substantially centrally longitudinally thereof to provide a longitudinally divided hopper and transverse partitions extending between said walls and subdividing the longitudinal sections of said hoppers.

WINSTON B. MCGUIRE.

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